Peter Murphy's Panoramic VR Weblog

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

VROOM, VROOM !!! ... Surfers Paradise, in southern Queensland, was a hectic place on the weekend with the city full of vast crowds for the annual Indy 300 car racing there. The street circuit built for the races winds its way in striking fashion through a landscape of high rise beach-front apartments and mangrove-fringed lagoons and marinas.  Frenchman, Nelson Philippe won the Champ Car series race ... panorama ... after an incident-filled race. Here is Sebastien Bourdais the winner of the whole series in his car before one of the preliminary events ... panorama. And here he is receiving the series winner's trophy  ... panorama. Girls in swimwear are a Surfers' speciality and the Indy 300 maintains this tradition ... panorama. Wacky hats and fast food outlets are part of the experience too ... panorama. Here is the view from one of the stands during the race ... panorama. 10:57:18 AM

Sunday, October 15, 2006

"Unprecedented heat ..." said the Bureau of Meteorology about the weekend Sydney weather. At Bondi in the evening it was better, with the sea breeze,  .. panorama 10:24:09 AM

Monday, October 09, 2006

The public art crowd was out in force at the Customs House on Friday night for the launch of the City Council sponsored "Art and About" street art extravaganza. Panorama. Impressive I thought was this mobile laser-projecting robocop guy -- picture -- who, outside in the forecourt, was wandering around spraying surrounding buildings with laser art and logos. I guess he has a battery and laptop in his backpack and the laser projector is the thing on his shoulder. Panorama. 8:47:44 AM

Monday, October 02, 2006

Getting my feet wet at Manly Beach yesterday -- panorama. It was a bit cool for swimming. Here are a couple of screen grabs of the spot from Google Earth -- at 700m and 11,000m. We are at the south end of the beach in the initial view of the aerial panorama I made a few weeks ago. 7:54:02 AM